I first met Samar [Haddad King, Artistic Director of Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre] at the audition for bound in Palestine in 2014. I was shocked by the number of males auditioning for the piece, but not females, usually it’s the opposite. I thought to myself, what is going on in the Palestinian dance scene? Where

Since Samar’s departure in December many things have changed: almost all of the dancers now have smart phones, which facilitates us watching videos or reading emailed notes during rehearsal; everyone has downloaded Skype- for both social and professional reasons- where we hang out in a new sort of virtual apartment; Samar has become increasingly tech-savvy: